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''4. It hinders the search for knowledge. We, as humans, need to keep questioning: Why? How? When? Who? That is science—the constant doubt drivs us to find answers. Religion is faith based—one does not question it. Faith=not finding answers, being 100% sure you're right about something because you believe. That's not knowledge, that's a fairytale.''

As shown by my above assertions religion has played a more prominent role in science and human knowledge in general than you're apparently willing to admit. Christianity has a facet of faith, which plays a very prominent role, but it is not without a counterpart of logic: as Thomas Jefferson said, God should surely prefer honest questions over blindfolded fear. Our arrival at theistic conclusions was not arrived at just by obeying arbitrary rules. Whilst the application of "fear" has multiple possible connotations the premise is not inconsistent with theism by any stretch of the imagination. If you think religion got us this far without "Why? How? When? Who?" you'd again be doing injustice to human heritage in general.